Class Assignments

Konoha.

Compared with five years ago, the village was more prosperous than ever.

The shadow left by Root had gradually faded.

The reform of the Police Force was firmly on track.

The Uchiha Clan no longer held every post in the Konoha Police Force, but it still retained the leading role.

The Hyuga, Nara, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans had each sent ninja to join different divisions of the Police Force.

The old pattern—Uchiha making arrests while the other clans resented them for it—had been broken for good.

The Hyuga Clan had changed just as much.

Applying new Caged Bird Seals had long since been forbidden.

As for branch family members who already bore the seal, research by the Konoha Sealing Team and the Hyuga Clan had gradually removed the core technique that controlled their lives and deaths.

To keep the Byakugan from being stolen, Konoha had developed a new Corpse Sealing Jutsu.

Only after a Hyuga clan member truly died would the seal automatically destroy the Byakugan's neural structure.

While they lived, no one had the right to control them through a seal.

The main and branch families still existed in name and bloodline, but no longer as masters and slaves.

Neji, meanwhile, had officially graduated from the Ninja Academy a year earlier.

He, Rock Lee, and Tenten were a year older than Naruto and the others, so the three had been placed in a separate accelerated class the year before.

After passing their graduation exam, the three had formed the new Team 3.

Their Jonin instructor was none other than Might Guy.

In just one year, Team 3 had completed dozens of missions.

Neji's Byakugan and Gentle Fist had advanced rapidly.

Tenten had developed a complete system for fighting with ninja tools.

Under Might Guy's guidance, Rock Lee had